MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)

WoRMS taxon details

Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)

AphiaID

369177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369177)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptasterias Verrill, 1866

Original name

Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862

Synonymised names

Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862 · unaccepted

Asterias vancouveri Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted

Leptasterias (Hexasterias) hexactis (Stimpson, 1862) · alternative representation

Leptasterias aequalis var. compacta Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted

Leptasterias aequalis var. concinna Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Leptasterias hexactis hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Subspecies Leptasterias hexactis occidentalis Djakonov, 1938
Subspecies Leptasterias hexactis vancouveri (Perrier, 1875)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 272 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369177 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-27 04:55:02Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2017-01-20 06:11:28Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-19 16:23:34Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description (of Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 272 [details]

original description (of Asterias vancouveri Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 64 [details]

original description (of Leptasterias aequalis var. compacta Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 130 [details]

original description (of Leptasterias aequalis var. concinna Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 132 [details]